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WmMMMBWK?rr?*\Ti? rt .**BJ.r ? ? - - - - _ , .
THE FREE CITIZE
PUUMSHED AT
ORANCEBURC, S. C.
E. A. WEBSTER, - - - Editor.
ONB Corr, ONE YEAR, - - - $2.00
Invariably in Advance.
"And I will como ncnr to von to judgement; mut
I will bc a swift witness against tim solver
ors, amt iiRiiiiist tho adulterers. tin?! nguiu61
false swearers, ami against those Unit Op
press tho hireling in Iiis wages, the widow
amt tho fatherless, mut Hint turn aside the
stranger from his right, uml fear not me,
sulth the Loni ol'Hosts.-MALACHI, 111, 5.
NOTICE.
Wc ure not responsible for tho views cf our
Correspondents.
Advertisements to bo insortcil in the ClTlZKS
must bo received by Thursday evening.
Advertisements inserted nt One Hollar per
inch, for thc lirsl insertion. Furllier terms etui
bc bad on application to the Editor or Publisher,
Communications on nm tiers ol'State or Loen!
Interest, respectfully solicited.
All orders for Job Printing lea at this oUle?
will receive prompt attention.
Agonts an?! Correspondents wonted in nil
Towns of tlio County.
SATURDAY, NOV. 13, 1875'.
Frauds.
It seems difficult for our people in
this section to get rid of thc sharpers.
It has been clearly demonstrated that
we have enough bad men of our own
raising in South Carolina, so that we
m
do not need to import them from
*other sections of thc country, who
arc worse than our* home production.
But they will come as long as they
can make it pay to impose them
selves upon the people. Many of
the rogues come South to winter, who
have other chosen resorts during thc
summer. Wc arc informed on the
best of authority, that a set of gamb
lers traveling upon the Northeastern
and Savannah railroads during thc
last winter, were known on these
routes to have won in gambling and
taken from our unsuspecting citizens
and others, between thirty and forty
thousan.tHlolfiusT~and they aro again
" 'JtP*work "on"these routes. '"So'ver^
great was thc extent to which this
was carried lost year that thc rail
road companies had notices put up ii:
the cars warning the passengers not
to accept oilers to play at cards. But
all the measures they could usc (lid
not put a final stop to this game of
the sharpers. They go in gangs, and
play and win money from each other
and by that means draws others into
it, and those who venture arc as sure,
to be caught as thc silly fiy who goes
into tho pretty parlor of tho spider.
These traveling scourges arc well
trained in their business, and know
bow to win money from the unsus
pecting. Let thc public be on their
guard against them, and sturve them
out. It is said these some gamblers
deal in counterfeit money. It is re
? ported that at some ^f thc recent cir-'
cub exhibitions in our State, parties
were selling counterfeit*money for ten
cents on thc dollar. Tho law should
be rigidly enforced against all sifch
pests in the community. They
should learn at least, that the South
is no place for them. Let them bc
put where they will bc obliged to
carn'an Honest living.
[*COM M UNI CA T EU.]
MK. EDITOR : - Notwithstanding
the prejudice of our people against
evey thing Northern, they cannot hut
commend your ?troits in behalf of
honesty in officials. Hut our people
must bo aware that they are, in a
mcasuro, responsible for all thc fraud,
corruption, dishonesty, poverty that
has oppressed us for thc last six
years,. Tho "masterly inactivity,"
and stand-aloof-policy1, so much ad
vocated just previous to the constitu
tional convention of 18G8, sowed the
seed, the bitter fruits of which we
hove been renping ever since. Such
was the prejudice, (strengthened* by
such advice as this) that but few hon
orable or honest men dared, in the
face of public opinion, to become one
of the many required in our legisla
tive halls. As*.& t-cbnscqucnco thc
majority of thc State and county offi
ces were lil?Oil by tlhihoncst and. cor
H?
rupt raen, who sought them for self-,
agrantlisemeut, ami who used as a
weapon against us, this very preju
dice and stnnd-off-poliey to obtain
thc su tirages of thc blacks.
'Vigilance slept. We were "mas
terly inactive." lt was suicidal ; hut
let us hope that our people will profit
by thc lesson.
Brought suddenly from slavery,
poverty,Ignorance, to liberty, what
?l.ould wc have expected of thc ne
gro? That he should know and con
line himself to that "middle point be
tween thc two extremes of licentious
ness and slavery in which true Libe?
ty consists?" lt is absurd. '.Des
potism degrades and demoralizes thc
human mind ; and although she at
length forces men on a just attempt,
to recover by violence, those rights
that by violence were taken + away,
yet that deprivation superinduced by
despotism, renders men unlit for a
rational exercise ol'those civil rigltts
: with which they have been" invested,
At such a-crisis, to expect that any
people should keep the strict,** un
bending path of rectitude and reason,
without-deviating into private rapine
or public wrong, were as wisc as lc
expect that a horse would walk in a
straight line "immediately on being
released from his trammels, after
having been bliiulcd hy a long rou
tine of drudgery in the circle of a
mill.* <
Thc people clamoured for self-gov
ernment-and they obtained it ; but
at thc same time the colored people
were invested with the right of suff
rage. They were ignorant, uneduca
ted, and as a consequence were led
by demagogues, unprincipled knaves,
who tfscd them as a mask for their
own corruption. ^
Hut thc\-, themselves,- soon saw
the necessity of, and demanded what
their leaders were afraid lo deny-ed
ucation; "A government that is cor
rupt can no more-exist with a popula
tion that is enlightened, than Hit
night can continue when thc sun it
up."
Education has opened thc eyes ol
the negro and he now knows full well
' the game that bas boen practicer]
i upon him. Ile has learned enough
. ' to know tir?t his and our interests
arc identical.
i
Lei us, then, throw aside party,sec
tional and color prejudice, and join
1 willi them in an independent dibi t for
! i honest men and honest measures.
"The Lord WM Provide"
A city missionary, one Saturday
night, was going home with a haskel
of provisions on lu's arm. Meeting ii
policeman, he asked him if there had
any families moved in thc bounds of
iiis heat during thc week. Ile an
swered, "Yes," and, pointing to a
building up an alley, and said, "A
woman and some children arc living
there now."
Thu missionary went to ibo house,
rapped at the door, and was admitted.
Thc woman was sitting by a small
light sewing. In thu corner of the
room were Uvo little girls, appcar
ently from nine to twelve years of
age, playing.
Thc missionaa^' said, "Madam, I
am herc to see if yon will allow your
?girls to attend S ti lid av School tomor
row moi liing."
"I would, sir phut what yon see on
ihem is ali tho clothing they have,
and you would nut wish them to go
as they are now."
"Thc Lord will provide, madam.
Have you no money?"
"Not yet, but I have com nit tied
my case into thc hands of the Lord."
"Have you anything to cat?"
"Nothing sir !"
"What will you do for breakfast?"
"Oh, sir, I once hail a husband ;
be provided when he could. These
children had a lather; he supplied
their wants ; but he is dead now.
Vet my maker, even God, is my hus
band, and he bas promised tobe a
lather lo Hie fatherless. Wc have
committed all, to Him, huyo called
upon Iliin in this our day ol' trouble.
I am trusting hrGod to take care of
a poor widow and her children in a
strange place, and I know Ho? will
provide."
"Thank God fot^such faith," said
thc missionary ; and handed her the
basket, said^IIerc is your breakfast,
and you Bhall havo? thc clothing for
your children." ' *
With tears streaming down her
face, she replied :
t.
? n
i CAB
"OU ! thank God for His lailU^nl
ness ! IIc?. hciirelh ami answeteth
prayer. May ITQ bless you !"
Anti; said our dear brother tb* us*,
*'I felt Ibo promise- %vns une, lor if
she was blessed in receiving, I was
mero in giving."
Despond, Ilten, no lpn geri thc Lord
will provide.
F. A. S?HIFFLEY,
?? II OTOGllA 1? I I IQ Xl,
Lato Of CnAEbESTON, S. G.,
K/1'?Sl'KCTFUI.liY 1XFOKMS THE PEOPLE
of Oiangebur? (Jminty Ulal lie ba* fixed
np Hie upper part of the ??i| Bank build*-*
ing. in ruar of Hull,Scovill & L'ikb's, with
S^Y AND SM?J? LIGHTS. .
and is now prepared with every conven
ience for doing good work.
?PHOTOGRAPHS,
FERROTYPES,
' AWI 15 R OT Y PE,
&C, of every size, made at th- lowest
possible, pricus. - ?
fil>?c(a? attention paid to copying
and enlarging J'ro\n old pictures.
There UT nu?' no iieees.-iiy of sending,
this olass of work away from home lo be
neatly ex?cute?.
Will reuiahi hero (i?t the Winter, and
would respectai I ly regnest tin- people to
rcalli see and jnd";(' for ibcmfclvesi
I' November lit. 1S75-11 :?i?.
1
rc. tKf
8
?
TI^IXCS iAXlXG 1?A?D
AND
. ONEY IS ?O-ViscE.
Theodore ?Qhn & Brr
LXTKND TO SELL < AC
; i-TtTlvLLVGLY ? ' I
EVI A RH M OT H Di:'' C O D S
EMPORIUM.
Watching thc mai hot, closely, we
buy Goods at BOTTOM PU I OES,
and are enabled to make all tho necriyJ
linpi>.y?*.hy giving them More Good
Goods for the same ntnouut of money
then they bought before..
Dress Goods,
Shawls, Blankets,
G oods for Men and Children
wear, Eeady-Made
Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Ladies', Gents'
and Childrens' Hats,
And in fact everything needed by
ev?iryhody at this season.
? E&^-GIVKUS A TllUL. ??j
T. KOHN & .BRO.,
Dry Goods .Emporium.
j'
* k ? i f hi fe
.;Teas! Teas ! !
The choicest in the wm Id-Importer's'
pric-es-largest Company in America
sta) de article-pleases ever?, lindy-trade,
coi tin nally increasing-.agents wanted
?Vt ry where-best inducements -don't
winsle time-send for circular to
KOBE KT WELLS,
.l.'l Vesey St reer, New York,
fosfcoillce Box 12S7.
PRICE Li ST.
Oolong, blao.k-10, ?o, OU. best 70ct.it'
per pound. Mixed, G rn and Mik--IO,
50, til). Imsi JOe.ts per lb. .lapan, I'ncnl
ore?I-til). 70. 80. 1)0. best ?1 00 per lb.
Imperial. Ormiii-00. 70. SO. 1)0, best,
$1.(10 m-r lb. Young Hyson. Creen-50,
00. 70. SO. ill), .?tl.00. best ?1.0? per lb.
Gui ipmvtler.Gi'?'?ii-?1.00. best1 $j :i0por
lb. English iircnkfiisr, Black- CO, 70.
SO, 00. best 81.?p per lb,
N. IJ.'-Wu have, a specialty of Garden
Growth Young Hyson and. imperial at
Sl.i'O, and Oolong Extra OhoUoi 81.00.
$57*** If oin1 of our agents should call
upon vdu* scud lori?, pound sample of
any kind you require. Enclose thc
morley, mill wo wilt forward it to you,
perfoturif muH without any extra charge.
?DVER'WSEMENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS. ki,
SA. CGUSTUS R^KNOWLTON,"
Attorney &" Counselor at Law
' OR*ANGEBURG,S.C.
UHAS. S. BULL,
ATTORNEY AT* LAW, ?hN?TEI) ' Sf ATES |
C05I3HSS1???ER? AX?
3V?>lax-y l?iil>lic,
OrangebiiTjg, S. O
V'.^. HY. REEDISH,
TRIAL JUSTICE ANO ATTOR-1
N?? AX LAW, ? *
July 31-51-tC
GLOVERm G?.QYER, ;
? . * *.***.*.*
A. ttorucys sxt, ' ~??J.O. W S
* . .' ? . .
.* ."'XO.-O, LAWllAN?fe; .. .
ORANGEBURG, S. C.
July'31-51-11
Economy is Wealth.
?ADIES; SAVE YOUI? COMBINGS
:iml lia vii thom worked up at ARTHUR
II. LEWHs'S, Manufacturer of Human
ll ii ir;
Childrens' hair cutting a specialty.
Oct. 22. lS75-10-3in.
J7i A. WE HST EU,
Business faithfully and promptly at
tended to.
j irriT" OF FICE for thc present in loilh A. B.
KNOWLTON, Esq.,
Oriuigobur*. Jan. 2.'1, 1S75.
rT1A.YL.OR FO It DI I AM AND LAWRENCE
Attorneys at Law,
Ofllces at Charleston and Orangebug.
L. J. TAYLOR, J. HAMMOND FORDHAM,
"? F. D. LAWRENCE..
frU*=Spccinl attention ?riven to thc col
lection of " claims and prompt return
I malle.
j-crrnrigiBiJurg; Sla?reli 20, 1R75.
_.i c_
h? " '
yyi- A*(;- WK ES,
Dealer hi all hinds of
I Drugs and Medicines.
Dr Dukes has had Nine Years Expert
? euee in I >rtigs and Medicines and(horouh
ly understands his husiness. Ile keeps
constantly on a large supply 1 of Goods
usually found -in a
?First-class Drug Store,
K3*"Cureful attention paid to thc com
pounding of Prescriptloiis and nil orders
grumpily ntlendc'd to. Call on him at
his Popular Drug Store.
Ornnjreburg, Feb. 13,1S75. ,
S. II. WILSON. J. T. WILSON.
SAM'L H. WILSON" & BRO.
.A?
Wholesale rind Retail Dealers
mm mmmm& ?
TEAS,
WINES,
ALES.
AND
IMPORTED SECARS.
30? King St., Charleston, S. C.
May 15-tf
Wm, M. BIRD & 00.,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Oils, White Lead,
Zinc, Colors,
Window-G"lass, &c,
?I > SOI East Bay,
CHARLESTON, Soi Cn.
"July 17, 49-5
??fe)
BEGS TO INFORM HIS FRIENDS,
patrons and tho public generally, that
having disposed of lils entire
STOCK OF LIQUORS,
now respectfully solicits a continuance
of I heir patronage, by offering to them,
tinder lim motto or QUICK SALES
and SM LL PROFITS, " com
plete assorlment of
General Merchandise.
And as ray stock Is TOO NUMEROUS
TO MENTION, I respectfully ask an in
spection of my goods before buying else
where. K . ' ?
Goods shown free of charge.
CD. KOT JO UN,
HAND OPENING I
G
I will open tills morning's fot of thc
Finest r..'eas,
?. * j.
ever offered in this market., co si
UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS.
SOUCHONGS,
YOUNG HYSONS,
. . and
GUNPOWDERS,
And* iu order to cultivate a *rade foi
these flue.grades I will s6ll them
I have also received-tliis morning another
car-load of
Solomon's Fancy Flour
Fresh ground and Made especially
for me from the
Finest ?oleot?d Wheat,
I have never had a complaint of
this brand of flour.
IMPORTANT NOTICB !
Inferior KEROSENE OIL is so dan
gerous nod se many accidents have oc
curred from its HS?, 1 have been induced,
at the repeated solicitation of m j' custo
mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil
for their use. I have?just receive ten
i barrels ot
-iv
PURE WHITE KEROSENE
Of 124 fire test. I will sell this Fm v
Oil cheaper than the same grade of Oil
can be sold at in thia city. Families use
ing this Oil are safe. Tho use of tito
common Oils now
FLOODING THE MARKET
is equivalent to bringing into tho family
destructicE and death !
I have also'received :
10 Tierces Freali Cured Davis' Hams,
10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from
* the Dairy,
25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from
the Dairy, which has all the
freshness and flavor of the flow
crs.
5 Tierces of Baltimore S ti gar-Cu re il
Strips, ,
10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel/
averaging twenty ounces.
25 Sacks Lagnayra Coffee, equal to
To,..,
50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio
steamer.
With a full supply of
CHOICE GROCERIES,
BY J lilli r > i I
My stock is full, with prices low and
good times coming.
Thanking thc public for their very lib
eral patronage, and soliciting its contin
uance, I will do my best to merit the
me.
t
HARDY SOLOMON,
Columbia, 3o. Ca.
**5
ii every cbmitv lo lake'onion ami deliver goods
ur thc old ?ml original C. O. 1> House largo
indi wilges. Splendid .chance in every neigh
lorhood, un- Hie riidil person of eil lier sex.
onus or olil. Samples,.new lists. circulars,
erins, cte., a complote onllll. sent Free ami post
mill. .Soup lor it at once ami iiiuke money at
our homes. Address II. .1. ll A I.I- & Co., 0, N.
Io\v:ii<l .street, Itiilllniore, Mil.- nov. lll-U-3m.
EMPLOYMENT. -? SW.
re have just what yon need. Om* 9xtl Mounted
;iironu>8 outselljinything in Hie market. Mr.
'croons writes : "I struck out yeslorduv. anil
iv-working easy rom- honro, elenreil *7." A
n?ly l'as j"sl reiiortod lier prouts lor the foro
iooh as live dollars; yesterday up to 2 o'clock
die cleared seven ami a half dollars. Wo can
nove beyond iiiicsllon that one agent ordered
>,000 of these chromos in eleven working dnye.
iVe luivo Ihe llnest ami largest assortment in
he United Slates; hundreds of choteo subjects
'rom which lo select. We will send you nn ns
mrled one hundred of tlio best selling on- re
ceipt ol' six dollars. Send in your order of givo
ns n call. Simmie by mull 25c. or la for 1.
, J. LATHAM &, Co.,
41!) Washington st., lloston, Mass.
P. O.Box2l01 Oct. 30-13-tim.
BOOK AGENTS ?ind GOOD SALESMEN arc
"COINING MONEY" willi thc famous
The French edition of which sells for $15, nnd
Hie London edition for ?2(10. Our popular edi
tion ($-'>..riO). containing over one hundred full
page, quarto plates, is the cheapest and most
ttl?gUj?t publications in America, and the best
ho boll. Critics vic with each other in praising
it, and the masses buy il.
Agent in Charleston. S. C., reports 93 orders;
?ne in Ninety Six? S. C., 10?; ono in "Va., 310: an
other in' Memphis, 200 orders tahen in three
weeks.
FULL PARTICULARS EUEE. Address
J. 15. FOItlJ & CO., Publishers,
27 Park Place, New York.
Nov. 13-14-U
?IOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
UliAni.ESTON, S. C., Feb. ir,, 18.3.
On and amer Tuesday, February Kith, thc fol
lowing changes in .Schedule of this Hoad wil
go into clieel:
COLUMBIA DAY PASSENGER THAIN.
Leave Charle-ton *- 6.48 A lil
Arrive at Columbia ... 12/15 p M
Leave Columbia - M 4.30 P M
Arrive, at Charleston - - - ,* 11.45 PM:
AUGUSTA DAY PASSENGER THAIN.
Leave Charleston - - - 7.C0 p M
Arrive ut Charleston - - - 6.35 A M
COLUMBIA NIGHT EXPRESS.
(Sundays excepted.)
Leave Charleston ...
Arrive nt Columbia ...
Leave Columbia - -. -
Arrive at Charleston - * - K
AUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS.
Leave Charleston ... 8.30 r Jl
Arrive al Charleston - - . 6.30 A M
The Columbia Day Passenger Traine, which
leave at 7 A. M. and arrive at 11.30 P. M. will
7.00 P JA
0.30 A M
7.15 P WC
G.35 A M
(between Charleston and Branchville) stop only
at .Summerville and George's. This applies both,
to the up ami down trips.
liv ihis new SchcituJo a close connection will
lie ?inilc willi the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Ita i I road at their Crossinc; near Columbia,
which will avoid tho transfer through Columbia
and give us as quick a schedule lo Washington
ami points North ns liv the other routo.
Sleeping Cars on all night trains
checker, through. S
S. B. PiCKKXS, G. T. A.
Feb. 13.
Buggag
S. SOLOMONS,
Superintendent.
'AHopository of Fashion, Pleasure
and Instruction.'*
Harp ex?5 s 13 az ax?.
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Xiii ices of the Pre sn.
The TlAZAlt is edited with a contrilm-.
lion ordnet and'talent tlsat-w?? seldom
?nd io any journal ; and the journal h>
sell' is I he organ of the great world" of
!u>Ition. - Boston Traveller.
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member ol' the household-to the child
ren by tho droll and pretty pictures, to
tho young ladies by US fashion-plates in
endless variety, to the provident matron
by ita patterns for the children's clothes,
to paterfamilias by its tasteful designs for
embroidered slippers and luxurious dress
ing-gowns. But the reading matter of
lim Bazar-'is uniformly of great excel
lence. The paper has acquired a wide
popularity for ibo fireside enjoyment it
affords.-iV. Y. Evening 1'ost.
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